ALEX Learning Activity Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (3) 19 :

19. Determine the explicit or implied main idea and supporting details of a text.

a. Explain how supporting details contribute to the main idea, using textual evidence.

b. Recount or summarize the key ideas from the text.

[ELA2021] (3) 11 :

11. Read and reread grade-appropriate poetry, practicing phrasing, rhythm, rhyme, and meaningful expression.

In this activity, students will read a familiar poem with appropriate phrasing, rhythm, and meaningful expression. In addition, students will identify the main idea and details within the poem, using text evidence to support their answers when completing the question set included with the text on ReadWorks. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

   View Standards     Standard(s): [ELA2021] (3) 19 :

19. Determine the explicit or implied main idea and supporting details of a text.

a. Explain how supporting details contribute to the main idea, using textual evidence.

b. Recount or summarize the key ideas from the text.

[ARTS] VISA (3) 9 :

9) Identify and explain how and where different cultures record and illustrate stories and history through art.

Examples: Discuss Chauvet cave paintings, Diego Rivera's mural, The History of Mexico, or the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the events of the Norman Conquest.

Students will use a text's illustrations to gain information about the character's culture.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.